Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824.
221058A DirgePercy Bysshe Shelley
A DIRGE.
Rough wind, that moanest loud
Grief too sad for song;
Wild wind, when sullen cloud
Knells all the night long;
Sad storm whose tears are vain,
Bare woods, whose branches strain,
Deep caves and dreary main,—
Wail, for the world's wrong!
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Notes
Line 6: "strain" — "stain" in edition 1824.
This work was published before January 1, 1923, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
